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"How often do you begin reading a book that makes you—immediately, urgently, desperately—want to read more books?” ( Booklist ). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious, insightful, and infectious volume. Ten Years in the Tub chronicles Hornby's journey through a decade’s worth of books, as related in his wildly popular Believer column “Stuff I’ve Been Reading.” Ten Years in the Tub is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime, but it's also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves, a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives, and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This "decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page.” (the New York Times Book Review )
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Ten Years in the Tub, Nick Hornby, Jess Walter
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- Ten Years in the Tub
- Subtitle
- A Decade Soaking in Great Books
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nick Hornby, Jess Walter
- Publisher
- Believer Magazine
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN10
- 1940450365
- ISBN13
- 9781940450360
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Humor, Literary Studies, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Literary Criticism, Writing, About Books
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- "How often do you begin reading a book that makes you—immediately, urgently, desperately—want to read more books?” ( Booklist ). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious, insightful, and infectious volume. Ten Years in the Tub chronicles Hornby's journey through a decade’s worth of books, as related in his wildly popular Believer column “Stuff I’ve Been Reading.” Ten Years in the Tub is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime, but it's also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves, a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives, and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This "decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page.” (the New York Times Book Review )